Your correspondents have high-lighted brilliantly the controversy surrounding local government land use and state government’s priorities in stadium construction (Letters, 14/9). With the dynamism of land use, one should ask whether existing decrepit stadiums are better off being demolished with the areas handed over for more popular community priorities. Just as state governments construct roadways and sell off the assets to recoup costs to private operators, one must ask why this business model is not applied to high-maintenance sporting arenas. The billion-dollar gambling and NRL industries should refocus their responsibilities, spending less on players and jointly owning their sporting facilities with other sports. Am I unreasonable to expect free access to all games as a taxpayer if I have footed the bill for construction? Alan Sexton, North Parramatta. 15Sep2022.